Penn Quakers fencing

Penn Quakers fencing
Penn Quakers fencing
First season	1925
Head coach	Andy Ma; 4th season, 93–33 (.738)
Other staff	Randall LeMaster, Micky Zeljkovic
Home stadium
Location	Philadelphia, PA
League	NCAA Division I
Conference	Ivy League
National Titles	3
Conference titles	16
Rivalries	Princeton Tigers
All-Americans	116
Fight song	Fight on, Pennsylvania!
Website	pennathletics.com

The Penn Quakers fencing team is the intercollegiate fencing team for the University of Pennsylvania, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The team competes in the Ivy League, within the NCAA Division I.

The university first fielded a team in 1925. The team is currently coached by , former coach of several members of the Chinese National Fencing Team.^[2]^[3]

History[]

Penn has historically fielded a strong fencing team, capturing the national title three times since the program's inception in 1925. The program has produced 11 Olympians, most recently Cliff Bayer and Tamir Bloom in 2000.^[4]

Notable former fencers[]

Notable alumni include:

Cliff Bayer (born 1977), 2-time Olympian, NCAA foil champion, 4-time US Champion
Tamir Bloom (born 1971), 2-time Olympian
Harold Van Buskirk (1894-1980), 3-time Olympian, US epee champion
Paul Friedberg (born 1959), Olympian, 3-time NCAA saber champion, Maccabiah Games champion, Pan American Games champion.
Brooke Makler (1951–2010), Olympian, NCAA foil champion. 2-time Pan American Games champion.
Paul Makler, Jr. (born 1946), Olympian, 2-time NCAA champion
Paul Makler Sr. (born 1920), Olympian
Dave Micahnik (born 1938), 3-time Olympian, US epee champion, 3-time Maccabiah Games champion
Steve Netburn (born 1943), 2-time Olympian
Chris O'Loughlin (born 1967), Olympian, NCAA epee champion, US epee champion, Maccabiah Games silver medalist, Pan American Games bronze medalist
J. Brooks B. Parker (1889–1951), 2-time Olympian

Year-by-year results[]

Championships[]

Conference championships[]

References[]

^ MEN’S FENCING All-Time Honors (PDF), retrieved 2012-10-29^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Fencing Statistics, archived from the original on 2013-05-27, retrieved 2012-10-29
^ Fencing Statistics, archived from the original on 2013-01-21, retrieved 2012-10-29
^ MEN’S FENCING All-Time International Competitors and Olympians (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-24, retrieved 2012-10-29

External links[]

Official website

[1] MEN’S FENCING All-Time Honors (PDF), retrieved 2012-10-29^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] Fencing Statistics, archived from the original on 2013-05-27, retrieved 2012-10-29

[3] Fencing Statistics, archived from the original on 2013-01-21, retrieved 2012-10-29

[4] MEN’S FENCING All-Time International Competitors and Olympians (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-24, retrieved 2012-10-29

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